Experimental Project Information


In order to student teach, you must complete the requirement to design, carry out and report on a quantitative experiment. For this assignment you will be working in assigned groups of 2-3. The completed experimental report will be turned in on Google docs under your group's name.

Here is the PowerPoint presentation from 3/23-3/24 with details.The assigned groups are indicated for each section:


The general procedure that your group should follow:


These guidelines will ensure that each of the requirements for the project are met.

The required elements for the final report and their grading criteria are provided here:



The schedule for completing your experiments and final reports:

Date

Assignment

3/23
3/24
Problem/question due.
3/30
3/31
Hypothesis due.
Experimental plan/outline provided for instructor approval.
4/6
4/7
Proceed with experiment once approval is received.
4/13
4/14

4/20
4/21
Final experimental report due.
Begin peer reviews.
4/27
4/28
Peer reviews due.

Here are some files and links that can assist you with your experimental design:

This site discusses design elements and compares valid and invalid approaches. For your current project, however, you do not need 100s to 1000s of data points; this would be typical in a research laboratory, though.

Designing an Experiment


The first three pages of this PDF are relevant to your assignment.
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN RUBRIC